Josiah was a Soldier in King Philip's War (for more
information on this war, see the page of Timothy Williamson),
credited to the town of Woburn, MA on 24 June 1676 under Captain
Joseph Syll. He was also a garrison of Chelmsford. He was given
an assignment of wages on 24 August 1676 to Woburn Town. He
return to Woburn and was a taxpayer there after the War.

After the war he moved to
Marshfield, MA where he married Mary and where two of his eight
children were born. Benjamin Church, the leader of the Colony
Forces in the King Philip's War founded Little Compton, RI; then
an outpost of Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Josiah followed his
leader there about 1681-2 where many of the family lived till
after the Revolution.